For decades, Pluto remained one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, until July 14, 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to visit it up close, capturing ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The observatory where Pluto was discovered is taking full advantage of a flyby of the icy dwarf planet Tuesday with astronomy-themed face painting, an extra Pluto presentation ...

(MEDIA GENERAL) – As NASA spacecraft New Horizons continues its way through space, scientists and science enthusiasts have taken to social media to express their feelings on Tuesday’s historic Pluto ...

We've done it! We've made it to Pluto. Good gosh, it took 9 1/2 years to get there traveling faster than any planetary probe we've ever sprung into the solar system. While we won't have close up ...

Ask Lowell Observatory Director Jeffrey Hall how he feels about the visit to Pluto by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and he literally shivers with excitement. “I can’t even think about it without ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- NASA just received a signal back from New Horizons, confirming a successful first flyby of Pluto. Euphoria broke out at NASA as Pluto is now the most distant object reached by ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft pulled off the most distant exploration of another world Tuesday, skimming past a tiny, icy object 4 billion miles from Earth that looks to be shaped like a bowling pin.

full advantage of a flyby of the icy dwarf planet Tuesday with astronomy-themed face painting, an extra Pluto presentation and a live NASA stream that will tell the world whether the mission was ...